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 is a city and municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Larvik. Larvik kommune - has about 41 364 inhabitants and covers 530 km2.

The city of Larvik was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The city of Stavern

and the rural municipalities of Brunlanes, Hedrum, and Tjølling were merged into the municipality of Larvik on 1 January 1988.

Larvik has a daily ferry connection to the town of Hirtshals

in Denmark

General information

Name

The Old Norse form of the name must have been Lagarvík. The first element is the genitive case of logr which means "water" or "river" (now called the Numedalslågen river) and the last element is vík which means "inlet". Therefore the meaning is "the inlet at the mouth of (Numedals)lågen". Prior to 1889, the name was written "Laurvik" or "Laurvig".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted in 1989. The arms are blue with a silver-colored mast with three sails to represent the maritime traditions of the municipality.

History

The city of Larvik (in contemporaneous Danish spelling: Laurvig) was founded in 1671 by Ulrik Fredrik Gyldenløve, who became the first count of Laurvig. The castle can still be vistited today.Larvik houses the Treschow estate which is currently owned by Mille-Marie Treschow "Norway's richest woman.". The Treschow estate was created in the 1820s when the last count of Laurvig was declared bankrupt.

Larvik panorama

Geography

Brunlanes, Larvik

The municipality is approximately southwest of Oslo

. The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 41,211 (23,100 of which in the town). The economy of the municipality relies heavily on agriculture, commerce and services, light industry and transportation.

The district also includes the town of Stavern (population: 5,000) and the villages of Nevlunghavn

, Helgeroa

, Kvelde

, Hvarnes, and Tjølling. Notable geographical features include the lake Farris

and the river Numedalslågen, locally called Lågen, which terminates in Larvik, east of the town.

Larvik is also noted for its natural springs of mineral water, Farriskildene, which have been commercially exploited under the brand name Farris. At Kaupang in Tjølling, lie the remains of the medieval Skiringssal trading outpost. Larvik is also home to the world's northernmost natural occurrence of Fagus sylvatica forests (European Beech tree or ).